How to get started with collage art? - Collage Basics For Beginners 

Just a heads up.. please, before you start tearing into old books and "vintage" thing verify what you have... make sure it isn't rare or one of a kind. Thanks (speaking as a Librarian and Archivist). Remember you can make color photo copies and photo copies of all these things.. Much of this old antique letters and books and even magazines are becoming rarer and rarer to find.... Just do a bit of research and again.. you can always make color photo copies for just a few cents!

Love these books and I have finished a few of my own. I love your compostitions, what's the trick there?

I really love your approach to collage and breaking it down to show how accessible it is for all creatives :) Thanks!

Great video! I've always wanted to try collage, but one thing has kept me from pursuing it -- the fact that magazine print photos are not colorfast. They were never intended to be exposed to light for long periods of time. I suspect they'll probably fade very quickly if exposed to light in an artwork that's wall mounted. What are your thoughts about this issue and how can I get around it?

Thanks for explaining the different glues / adhesives. Love the 2 collaged books✂️❤️

I'm new to your channel this was helpful, do you have a tutorial on binding a book with seri silk this is what I'm wanting to learn because I don't sew.

👍Thanks for sharing materials you use for advancing in collage. This is cool to know all the different glues & papers you could use for example. I Love your collage style. ❤🤩🤩 I’m a collage artist too. On my channel I go over how to get started with just an acid-free glue stick, free magazines, & scissors. ✂️ For the beginners out there don’t get overwhelmed by all the types of materials you could use, you probably have most of what you need to get started. Keep it simple & have fun exploring. ❤🎨

Pleased u r doing this. I looked at your work a long while ago and was impressed and especially with how you lay out your design and link together your papers. I have painted for a while and have lately embarked on collage. I decided to do 365 collages this year! So your idea of small is perfect! I am ahead of the game with 15 at the moment. I am experiencing a lot of problems with wrinkles so please could you deal with this in your vids? I use a credit card matte medium liquitex. My materials range from lens tissue through to heavyish paper. Since i have painted on some of the finer stuff some of it is wrinkled even before i start. Is life too short to worry over much about wrinkles or does a true collager never have them!? Best R

Love your info on adhesives! I have yet to experiment with a glue stick but I'm excited to try it out.

Thank you for this video! A lot of good information. I really want to try collage now. So good idea to start very small. Love to see your upcoming videos.🙏🙂

It's more like you're advertising glues than explaining collage

Your college is absolutely amazing! By far one the best I’ve seen on RU-vid. Thank you so much for sharing and for your insight. 💜

Great video with lots of good advice. I live in Australia where weather can be very humid and silverfish are a huge problem. Silverfish LOVE cellulose, so I tend not use wallpaper paste in the making of my books. You will know if your home harbours them if you find spines of books have mysteriously come adrift, or dust covers and pages appear to be torn - all have been victim to those tiny creatures nibbling away in darkened areas.

Lovely work! Thanks for the tips! I've started exploring the art of collage and am still learning. I still struggle with composition and finding pleasing arrangements of the elements and colors.

Very Nice sharing ....😊😇🤗🙂☺😉😍😇🤗

Thank you so much..lots of incredible useful information It really helps when trying to make those choices. 💙💙💜👍

Thank you for comments about mediums and their properties :)

This was really helpful. Thank you.

What type of paper do you recommend to glue your collage on to?

Excellent information thank you

Very good explanation. Also inspiring to start this hobby. Thank you very much.

Thank you for explaining the glues and basics about collage. Very informative.

Very useful thanks a lot

Beautiful Lydia! I love your channel. Greetings from Argentina 🙂

Very inspirational ! I’ve been so overwhelmed trying to start. Thank you so much :)))

Thank you for sharing 😁😁😁

Thank you. Lots of good ideas!

This helped so much bc I need to do it for homework

Thank you so much 💗

Thank you! :)

This was so helpful

Amazing

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bob pollard of guided by voices brought me here! he makes some amazing collage. I just got home from the thrift store with a ton of a great imagery. Just need some paper and some glue now. Thanks for the video :D

i like collaging and scrapbooking i also like using journals to do it i like bible coloring journal bible and i like adult coloring

Danke, jetzt habe ich endlich den Durchblick. Auf Tapetenkleister wäre ich nie gekommen 👍🏻

I’m very curious about those cards you refer to. I’m not clear about the substrate. Were the cards ready-made or did you cut them to 4” square? Thank you.

Thank you! This is so helpful and inspiring!

I am sorry but I don't understand -this is supposed to be for beginners but when you take about glues, (ZMZ?? what is that?) you use technical terms I don't understand, I think there is an assumption of knowledge I don't know. I need to find a place to learn about collages from the kindergarden basics and beyond. This is already beyond ;-). I don't know what you mean by cards or mixed media paper, etc. I'm so frustrated.

Very, very helpful video! I was wondering if you worry about the acid content in vintage papers? Not many people talk about that. Thank you.

Your collage art tips are enjoyed and much appreciated. When using CMC or wallpaper paste for collage glue, what ratio of water-to-powder do you use? Thanks!

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Thank you for explanation about glue and I thought about Piñatas 🪅 and then I thought about Engrudo it's made with flour and water, some people use white glue in the mix, I was about making it a using it to finish making my Prompt Cards, I'll let you know how it goes 🙂